Gas & Electricity plus Cashback/MoneySavingExpert.com Discussion

Gambler

jem16 wrote:

Did you ever get your confirmation?

Yes thanks, took a couple of hours though.

How long before they tell us they don't cover our area !!

jem16

Gambler wrote:

Yes thanks, took a couple of hours though.

How long before they tell us they don't cover our area !!

Well the way I've been going, about 5 weeks from now. :rolleyes:

derbyforester

I just followed the advice in Martin's last email and found that my current electricity supplier (British Gas) has a tariff that saves me 34% (£300+) just by commiting to stay with them until 2007 or paying a £20 administration fee if I move before then. How come BG didn't tell me about it?

jem16

derbyforester wrote:

I just followed the advice in Martin's last email and found that my current electricity supplier (British Gas) has a tariff that saves me 34% just by commiting to stay with them until 2007 or paying a £20 administration fee. How come BG didn't tell me about it?

This tariff will go up at the end of the year but sounds like you'll still save about 20% when it does.

Go to house.co.uk and sign up for it or phone them. As for telling you, it's the Price Freeze 2010 they're trying to push.

iantanner

Martin says it's time to change because "many" utilities have increased their prices. I think there's a problem here which is that a utility which has NOT increased recently is more likely to win on any price comparison. So we need to be able to easily check the date (and %?) of the last increase. If the price comparison sites can not be prevailed upon to provide this could MSE have a tabulation with this data? In the shorter term can anyone tell me date (and % if poss) of last increase for npower - Sign on-line?

jem16

iantanner wrote:

Martin says it's time to change because "many" utilities have increased their prices. I think there's a problem here which is that a utility which has NOT increased recently is more likely to win on any price comparison. So we need to be able to easily check the date (and %?) of the last increase. If the price comparison sites can not be prevailed upon to provide this could MSE have a tabulation with this data? In the shorter term can anyone tell me date (and % if poss) of last increase for npower - Sign on-line?

The most helpful page I've come across is this

http://www.ukpower.co.uk/price%2Bupdates.asp

From that it tells me that the last change to Npower online was 4th February 2005

Fastflys

Good spot, jem16.

A very useful page which I've already bookmarked.

derbyforester

Thanks. I tried to sign up online but couldn't find the right link on the website so I emailed - then I phoned as well just to be sure.

iantanner

jem16 wrote:

The most helpful page I've come across is this

http://www.ukpower.co.uk/price%2Bupdates.asp

From that it tells me that the last change to Npower online was 4th February 2005

Thanks - just what I needed. However it does show that of about 75 entries less than 20 are in last 6 months (don't quote me - I'm relying on a quick check I did and on my memory - both equally unreliable). However if I'm anywhere near right it doesn't sound like the level playing field that Martin said we now had - he referred to "many" changes

anson

Martin you are a star having just switched from British Gas and Powergen saving our household £204.00 a year. Many Thanks, keep up the good work